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  • Otters fight against the minks

    13 June 2018

    Otters are rather like hedgehogs in their attitude to road traffic; they simply do not appear to recognise the danger it presents and will carry on with their activities oblivious to the dangers. Fortunately roads are not their normal habitat and they...

  • Agriculture

    14 June 2018

    Agriculture has changed dramatically, especially since the end of World War II. Food and fiber productivity soared due to new technologies, mechanisation, increased chemical use, specialisation and government policies that favoured maximising production....

  • What is the proper role of government?

    14 June 2018

    What is the proper role of government? Aristotle would say that the end of politics is happiness and the means to that end would be virtue. He believes the state exists for the sake of the individual. Machiavelli would say that the stability of the State...

  • Killing or murder

    15 June 2018

    War is legal. murder is the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another. Killing and murder are not synonymous. A morality and individual interpretation of right and wrong. A death in war casualty is not murder. The murders can occur during...

  • Technology

    16 June 2018

    The technology we use today is the technology of capitalism, driven by greed, and increasingly owned by billionaires. This technology - from its earliest origins - was designed to defeat the "laws of nature" and allow us to escape the restrictions of...

  • Lego ninjago jokes

    31 May 2017

    . Nearly all the lego blocks were defeated but then the ninjagos attacked the skeletons, scorpions, and the Ironmen. This is a joke of a fight and now we get some more jokes - ha,ha ha Which ninjago attacked first ? : Ninja ratak ... ha ha ha Which scorpion...

  • Lego Jokes told to me by Florian

    16 February 2017

    It is going to be Lego Jokes What is a hot dog that walks? . A hot dog man . Ha ha ha Where do Captains leave their ships in the Lego city? On the Sea ha ha ha Which dragon invade themselves? . A fire and a snow dragon What is Camsta's favourite car ....

  • Iceland for the world cup

    16 June 2018

    Iceland for the World Cup It's good to think positively and it makes a refreshing change to see an underdog go in with some fight but it's also piling on the pressure and not helpful for those situations when things aren't going so well. These kind of...

  • Preciscion engineering

    22 June 2018

    Precise engineering. With the modern manufacturing industry, we wouldn’t be where we are without precision engineering. Only precision engineering can handle the demand of technology with the finer requirements and mass production. Many people don’t think...

  • Wednesday: A day to buy books

    27 June 2018

    Wednesday. Soon will be the holiday time for spending in the mountains and then on the beaches. A good time for being with friends that we see on this marvellous Holiday, friendly time. So this is the time to prepare, and a regular visit, to the library...

  • Big Brother is the Evil Facebook.

    29 June 2018

    Facebook have patented a system that can remotely activate the microphone phone using inaudible signals broadcast via a television. This intrusion into homes, particularly as the ambient audio recording would likely catch snippets of people’s private...

  • Interesting things about France and Belgium..

    05 May 2017

    Geography, historical events and the different foreign people who have claimed this country as their home have shaped the country of France. When you think of France, high culture, decorative art, cinema and fashion come to mind. Paris is the leading...

  • The "Free Press"

    30 June 2018

    What is meant by the term “free press”? Presumably a press that is free from government control, influence and interference. But what about a press that is owned by a tiny group of billionaire oligarchs? Such a press will always champion the interests...

  • American Flowers

    03 July 2018

    American Flowers Today, Colombia is the dominant producer of U.S. cut flowers, with roses, carnations, spray chrysanthemums and Alstroemeria among its top crops. Ecuador takes a close second. Both countries have exceptional climates for commercial growing,...

  • England: A miracle now via the penalties

    03 July 2018

    England have won through penalties Full-time: Colombia 1-1 England (3-4 on pens) Pickford made two saves from the spot before Dier clinched victory Dier steers a crisp low shot beyond Ospina and into the bottom corner. England have won a penalty shootout...

  • Nature returns

    04 July 2018

    Anybody visited an overgrown ex-military base or closed surface mine? Perhaps you've been on the train and seen some old overgrown place, concrete crumbling, pathways overgrown? Nature will always come back, in some way, shape or form. As the greenery...

  • Thursday: A Beautiful Day

    05 July 2018

    Thursday A beautiful day. Fruits from the garden are collected. We wash them and then place them into a Blender. They are blended for only ten seconds. Joghurt is just added and then whizzed in the blender This was then put in a mug and where we added...

  • Crusade

    05 July 2018

    The Crusades were a series of military campaigns during the time of Medieval England against the Muslims of the Middle East In 1076, the Muslims had captured Jerusalem – the most holy of holy places for Christians. Jesus had been born in nearby Bethlehem...

  • The book that is most underrated

    07 July 2018

    Sign up for Bookmarks: discover new books our weekly email Read m Flowers in the Attic This great potboiler was the book that all junior high and teenage girls read and reread and passed around and hid from their mothers. It’s about a woman – and her...

  • Thilo Sarrazin: A Question over Free Speech

    08 July 2018

    . A book in Germany is not being published about Islam. Random House despite a deal to publish the book " Hostile Takeover: How Islam Hampers Progress and Threatens Society. " has now decided not to publish the book. The Author has now taken this decision...

  • The Puffins in Argyll, Scotland

    08 July 2018

    Puffins In Argyll there are many a Puffin. A great place to get really very close to Puffins is on some of the Islands. There is many an island in Argyll however the islands of Lunga (Treshnish Isles) and Staffa are wonderful places to encounter Puffins....

  • The Lego knights 2

    11 June 2017

    We know already that the knights had lots of things to fight with, for example, they had a battle axe. They loved their adventures and their colouful fighting - but this story is about a troll. The knights had to fight with lances, swords and battle axes....

  • France: Style to win the World Cup

    09 July 2018

    Antoine Griezmann Griezmann is an accurate French finisher with either foot from both inside and outside the area, and is also good in the air and accurate with his head, in spite of his relatively small stature. In addition to his ability to both score...

  • Iona

    14 July 2018

    The island of Iona, off the west coast of Scotland, is the symbolic centre of Scottish Christianity. Through 1400 years of history its fortunes have fluctuated, from its heights as one of the greatest centres of learning in Dark Age Europe, to its lows...

  • How to protect Summer's Money

    14 July 2018

    This is what you’re supposed to do before you go abroad: Take your wallet and empty it out. Remove all the things you really don’t need for a week or two in Holiday, that if they were lost or stolen would just be a pain. Your work /staff pass. Your Shop...